Re: [boost] [process] How to run test cases

Subject: Re: [boost] [process] How to run test cases
From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-23 14:50:16

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Boris" <boriss_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 10:54 AM
Subject: [boost] [process] How to run test cases

> 
> As Boost.Process 0.3 has been released it would be great if the test cases  
> are run on various platforms. So far I've tested Boost.Process on WinXP  
> with MSVC 9.0, Cygwin with g++ 3.4.4 and Solaris with g++ 3.4.6 and Sun  
> C++ 5.9. To make it as easy as possible for others to run the test cases  
> here's a short description of how to proceed.

Thanks for giving the platform/compiler tested so far.
 
> Cygwin/GCC 3.4.4
> ****************
> 
> On Cygwin it's important to know if the Boost libraries have been built  
> for the POSIX or Windows API. By default Boost libraries on Cygwin use the  
> Windows API. With the Windows API the Boost.Process test cases are not  
> passed successfully though (there are compiler errors where I'm not sure  
> currently if they are a Boost.Process problem and how they could be  
> fixed). If you want to run the test cases on Cygwin you must (re-)build  
> the Boost libraries to use the POSIX API:
> 
> $ cd ~/boost_1_36_0
> $ ./bjam cxxflags=-DBOOST_POSIX_API
> 
> Afterwards you can run the test cases:
> 
> $ cd ~/boost_1_36_0/libs/process/test
> $ ../../../bjam cxxflags=-DBOOST_POSIX_API -q

Hi,
why do we need to build the whole Boost? All the libraries don't build on cygwin with this flag.

While building the whole Boost libraries and I got

gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/filesystem/build/gcc-4.3.4/release/threading-multi/v2/src/v2_operations.o
In file included from ./boost/filesystem/v2/config.hpp:31,
                 from ./boost/filesystem/v2/operations.hpp:17,
                 from libs\filesystem\v2\src\v2_operations.cpp:45:
./boost/system/api_config.hpp:28:5: error: #error user defined BOOST_POSIX_API or BOOST_WINDOWS_API not supported

and also on the Boost.Process tests

gcc.compile.c++ ../../../bin.v2/libs/process/test/include_detail_windows_helpers.test/gcc-4.3.4/debug/threading-multi/include_detail_windows_helpers.o
In file included from ../../../boost/system/config.hpp:14,
                 from ../../../boost/process/config.hpp:25,
                 from inclusion\detail_windows_helpers.cpp:14:
../../../boost/system/api_config.hpp:28:5: error: #error user defined BOOST_POSIX_API or BOOST_WINDOWS_API not supported

Best,
Vicente